Funny Lady (1975)

Academy Awards, USA 1976

Nominated Oscar	Best Cinematography James Wong Howe
	Best Costume Design Ray Aghayan Bob Mackie
	Best Sound Richard Portman Don MacDougall Curly Thirlwell Jack Solomon
	Best Music, Original Song Fred Ebb John Kander For the song "How Lucky Can You Get"
	Best Music, Scoring Original Song Score and/or Adaptation Peter Matz

Columbia Pictures
Directed by Herbert Ross
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Sony Movie Channel)

Barbra Streisand reprises her role of Fanny Brice, a successful vaudevillian who becomes involved with showman Billy Rose, played by James Caan. He talks her into doing his latest show, an overblown production that self-destructs on opening night. Naturally he falls in love with her, but she only "falls in like" with him. For some reason she accepts his marriage proposal but is surprised when it turns out unhappily. The only bright spots in this superficial story of a relationship between a middle-aged diva and selfish showman are a few songs that rise above the melodrama. Omar Sharif, Roddy McDowall and especially Ben Vereen are wasted in supporting roles.